Follow the Kentucky and Arkansas Primaries on Social Media
Mitt Romney still hasn't crossed the threshold to have locked up the Republican nomination for president, even though he's more than 800 delegates ahead of his nearest rival, Ron Paul. Thus, the primaries continue on. Tuesday night is election night in Kentucky and Arkansas -- and social media will be ablaze with tweets, twitpics and video from the night's voting action.
WikiLeaks launches encrypted social network
Backers of the whistle-blowing organisation WikiLeaks recently launched Friends of WikiLeaks (FoWL), an encrypted social network for like-minded individuals. “Friends of WikiLeaks is a network of people from across the globe who defend WikiLeaks, its people, its alleged sources and its mission,” the website’s homepage says. “We publicly and privately promote WikiLeaks and individuals and organisations aligned with the mission of WikiLeaks. This site will help you to join with people like you in your area and across the world. You will make new friends and new allies, care for treasured values and fight in common cause.” Instead of having users find people to friend, as is the case with Facebook and Google+, Friends of WikiLeaks will assign users 12 friends each,
Ancient 'Iceman' Had Modern Ailments
Scientists have sequenced the genome of the famed 5,300-year-old Tyrolean iceman, found frozen in the Alps in 1991 -- and discovered he had genetic vulnerability to heart disease, as well as Lyme disease.
Cable Firms Aim for 50,000 Hotspots
Being a Bright House, Optimum, Xfinity, Cox Communications, and Time Warner Cable subscriber is about to get a bit better. Or at least it will if you’re the type that’s always searching for a public WiFi hotspot. Five of the nation’s largest cable companies have...
Aereo wins partial victory in broadcasters' suit
Aereo, a startup that takes live TV broadcasts and sends them to mobile devices in New York for a monthly fee, has won a partial victory in court over the media companies that are suing it.
Website address 'revolution' back in motion
The Internet domain name "revolution" was back in action Tuesday with the agency in charge of website addresses once again taking applications for online neighborhoods breaking the ".com" mold.
